Poetry World Map

The world map (and table) here shows the distribution of poetry on this site. I will try to keep it more or less up to date. Those marked with * aren't independent countries but are ones that I personally feel are worthy of separation.

The current map is dated 26 April 2024 - click for a larger version.

I have tried to include poetry from all around the world on this site, and have at least one poem from every country (I think), except Vatican City as no one is allowed to actually be born there. Note that where a poet is from a former time, I have put their country of origin in modern terms, even though the country may not have been named the same in their time. In some cases it isn't possible to pin them down, in which case I have used a more generic country name (e.g. Korea). Finally, some poets were born in one country and lived most of their lives in another - in such cases both countries are "credited" unless they left their birthplace in childhood/infancy.

Table of countries:

Country	No. poems		Country	No. poems
Afghanistan	9		Luxembourg	5
Albania	14		Macedonia	7
Algeria	8		Madagascar	7
Andorra	4		Malawi	17
Angola	5		Malaysia	17
Antigua and Barbuda	6		Maldives	5
Argentina	35		Mali	6
Armenia	17		Malta	8
Australia	92		Marshall Islands	4
Austria	30		Martinique*	5
Azerbaijan	11		Mauritania	7
Bahamas	4		Mauritius	4
Bahrain	7		Mexico	40
Bangladesh	5		Federated States of Micronesia	5
Barbados	5		Moldova	4
Belarus	8		Monaco	3
Belgium	26		Mongolia	10
Belize	10		Montenegro	5
Benin	4		Morocco	14
Bhutan	5		Mozambique	10
Bolivia	9		Myanmar	5
Bonaire*	1		Namibia	6
Bosnia Herzegovina	8		Nauru	4
Botswana	9		Nepal	15
Brazil	14		Netherlands	58
Brunei	3		New Zealand	35
Bulgaria	23		Nicaragua	12
Burkina Faso	4		Niger	5
Burundi	5		Nigeria	47
Cambodia	5		North Korea	4
Cameroon	11		Northern Ireland*	7
Canada	97		Norway	25
Cape Verde	6		Oman	4
Central African Republic	4		Pakistan	21
Chad	4		Palau	5
Chile	20		Palestine	17
China	89		Panama	6
Colombia	8		Papua New Guinea	8
Comoros	3		Paraguay	9
Costa Rica	5		Persia*	22
Cote d'Ivoire	4		Peru	14
Croatia	8		Philippines	14
Cuba	16		Poland	71
Curaçao*	5		Portugal	30
Czech Republic	19		Puerto Rico*	1
Democratic Rep of Congo	6		Qatar	4
Denmark	62		Republic of Congo	4
Djibouti	5		Romania	37
Dominica	4		Russia	109
Dominican Republic	7		Rwanda	6
Ecuador	9		Saint Kitts and Nevis	5
Egypt	28		Saint Lucia	6
El Salvador	14		Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	3
England *	297		Samoa	5
Equatorial Guinea	4		San Marino	3
Eritrea	8		São Tomé and Príncipe	3
Estonia	17		Saudi Arabia	17
Eswatini	6		Scotland*	80
Ethiopia	12		Senegal	10
Fiji	6		Serbia	16
Finland	40		Seychelles	4
France	169		Sierra Leone	10
French Guiana*	5		Singapore	6
Gabon	5		Slovakia	6
Gambia	6		Slovenia	8
Georgia	15		Solomon Islands	3
Germany	154		Somalia	11
Ghana	16		South Africa	37
Greece	62		South Korea	22
Greenland*	5		South Sudan	11
Guadeloupe*	4		Spain	112
Guam*	2		Sri Lanka	9
Guatemala	7		Sudan	9
Guinea	3		Suriname	7
Guinea-Bissau	3		Sweden	35
Guyana	8		Switzerland	29
Haiti	8		Syria	17
Honduras	5		Taiwan	7
Hungary	27		Tajikistan	4
Iceland	21		Tanzania	11
India	141		Thailand	5
Indonesia	9		Tibet*	11
Iran	51		Timor-Leste	3
Iraq	39		Togo	5
Ireland	115		Tonga	4
Israel	27		Trinidad and Tobago	9
Italy	149		Tunisia	7
Jamaica	12		Turkey	50
Japan	63		Turkmenistan	5
Jordan	4		Tuvalu	3
Kazakhstan	15		Uganda	28
Kenya	50		Ukraine	23
Kiribati	5		United Arab Emirates	4
Korea *	7		Uruguay	18
Kosovo	5		USA	193
Kuwait	4		Uzbekistan	6
Kyrgyzstan	5		Vanuatu	4
Laos	5		Vatican City (Holy See)	0
Latvia	11		Venezuela	13
Lebanon	19		Vietnam	17
Lesotho	9		Wales*	24
Liberia	8		Western Sahara	7
Libya	7		Yemen	5
Liechtenstein	4		Zambia	10
Lithuania	22		Zimbabwe	24